If you’ve arrived at the conclusion that the word “crazy” is ableist, or at least makes some people uncomfortable, or is commonly misused and overused to the point of losing its meaning, you may be struggling to find substitute words. This post is for you. I’ve put together a list of many words that convey [...]
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It recently has come to my attention that at least three people I know don’t realize there are limits to who you can insure on your health care insurance plan in the USA. First, let me explain briefly how health insurance works in the US. There is no socialized insurance, except for people over 65 [...]
A few months ago, we had a discussion about whether the original name of this website, Blind Privilege, was ableist. As is typical when someone raises a question like this, there were several people who agreed with changing the name and several who thought it wasn’t necessary. And a few who thought it was ridiculous [...]
[ETA: the site name referred to in this post is "Blind Privilege", which was the original name of this site and domain. After this post, I changed both the site and domain name to "What Privilege?"] Three years ago, I started this site. I’d heard “blinded by privilege” in a few places, and came up [...]
